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Dinner last night from Nu-Kitchen: Orange-chili tilapia with forbidden black rice and roasted peppers. It was seriously delicious. Like I-would-order-it-from-a-restaurant delicious.

The hardest part of this fitness regime is avoiding all the food I'm surrounded with seemingly every minute of the day. I'm literally sitting here stress-eating a chocolate bar as I type (thanks for the gift, Dries van Noten!). Yesterday, I dutifully got up at 6:30 a.m. to hit the gym on my own for the thrice-weekly cardio session I'm supposed to adhere to. I got on the treadmill and ran for 20 minutes at 5.3 and then inclined by half a percent every minute for the next 20 minutes. Altogether, it ended up being just under four miles.

After stretching it out, I hit the showers and came to the office where we had a ELLE.com Secret Santa holiday lunch scheduled at a family-style Italian restaurant up the street. I, er, did not do so well. Like I said, I was surrounded! Spaghetti and meatballs! Pepperoni pizza! Fried calamari! Fried zucchini! I could not stop eating.

Thank god for Nu-Kitchen–without the meal waiting for me in the fridge when I got home, I probably would've kept on going down the downward spiral with a hearty Chinese takeout dinner. Instead, I heated up some yummy tilapia and called it a night.

Tonight's challenge? The birthday party of one of my closest friends–food, booze, and an all-night party are definitely in the wings waiting to tempt me. Wish me luck*!!!

*I feel like I keep saying that but, in case you haven't noticed, I obviously need it*